Interactions where Carex pilulifera is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)
The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').
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Summary
Taxon
Vernacular
Classification
References
Darwin Classification of Active Taxon
Active Taxon
Active Vernacular
Active Taxon Uncertain
Active State
Active Part
Active Stage
Relationship
Relationship Uncertain
Relationship Geography
Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon
Passive Taxon
Passive Vernacular
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Passive State
Passive Part
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Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon
Indoors etc
Season
Summary
elaiosome
elaiosome is foodplant of
Myrmica ruginodis
an ant
Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Seed fate in a population of Carex pilulifera L.: I. Seed dispersal and ant-seed mutualism , Kjellsson, G, 1985
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Myrmica ruginodis/ Myrmica ruginodis an ant
Foodplant / feeds on Foreign
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pilulifera/ Carex pilulifera pill sedge elaiosome
feeds on elaiosome
leaf (dead)
dead leaf is decayed by immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis apothecium
Hysteropezizella diminuens
a discomycete
Helotiales: Dermateaceae
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysteropezizella diminuens/ Hysteropezizella diminuens a discomycete immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis apothecium
Foodplant / saprobe
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pilulifera/ Carex pilulifera pill sedge dead leaf
(6-8) immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)
dead leaf is decayed by granular colony of Cordella dematiaceous anamorph
Cordella clarkii
a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus
Apiosporaceae
Fungi of the South East England , Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook , Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Cordella clarkii/ Cordella clarkii a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus granular colony Cordella dematiaceous anamorph
Foodplant / saprobe UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pilulifera/ Carex pilulifera pill sedge dead leaf
(2) granular colony of Cordella dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
ovary (live)
live ovary is parasitised by sorus
Anthracoidea caricis
a smut fungus
Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota , Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea caricis/ Anthracoidea caricis a smut fungus sorus
Foodplant / parasite UK and/or Eire
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pilulifera/ Carex pilulifera pill sedge live ovary
sorus parasitises live ovary